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It happens because the native idea.exe executable built with the exe4j uses the splash screen which loads a dll (to decode the splash image) in the address space of the process. The jvm.dll loaded after the splash needs to allocate the heap memory in one chunk, however the dll loaded before the jvm.dll can fragment the address space (limited to 2GB for the 32-bit applications) too much and there will be no single chunk of free memory required for the JVM to initialize.

Depending on the other DLLs loaded, applications with DLL hooks and drivers installed on the system, IntelliJ IDEA may be not able to start even with relatively low heap size of 512m.

To make it work again with FARR you should uncheck (Program Options â†’ Settings â†’ Launching Files):[ ] Use file launch helper utility